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How to modify an existing Office policy file (.adm file) for Office 2003 and for Office XP to set the save-as default file format to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Office programs

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to modify an existing Microsoft Office policy template file (.adm file) for Microsoft Office 2003 and for Microsoft Office XP. You can modify the .adm file to set the save-as default file format to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Microsoft Office programs.

You may want to make this modification if client computers have the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats installed.

For more information about the compatibility pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466)
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Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To modify an existing .adm file to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Office programs, open the existing Office 2003 or Office XP .adm file in Notepad. Then, use one of the following methods, as appropriate for your version of Office.
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Method 1: Office 2003

  1. Locate the POLICY "Save Excel files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .xlsx, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, and .xlam extensions: 
    NAME	"Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 51
NAME	"Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)"	VALUE NUMERIC 50
NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 52
NAME	"Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 54
NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 53
NAME	"Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)"	VALUE NUMERIC 55
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save Excel files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options
	PART "Save Excel files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME	"Excel Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 4294963153 DEFAULT
		NAME	"Web Page (*.htm; *.html)"	VALUE NUMERIC 44
		NAME	"Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 39
		NAME	"Excel 97-2002 & 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 43
		NAME	"Excel 4.0 Workbook (*.xlw)"	VALUE NUMERIC 35
		NAME	"Excel 4.0 Worksheet (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 33
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 51
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)"	VALUE NUMERIC 50
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 52
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 54
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 53
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)"	VALUE NUMERIC 55
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  2. Locate the POLICY "Save PowerPoint files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .pptx and .pptm extensions: 
    NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)"	VALUE NUMERIC	33
NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)"	VALUE NUMERIC	34
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save PowerPoint files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Options
	PART "Save PowerPoint files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME	"PowerPoint Presentation (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	0	DEFAULT
		NAME	"Web Page (*.htm; *.html)"	VALUE NUMERIC	13
		NAME	"PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	4
		NAME	"PowerPoint 97-2002 & 95 (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	3
		NAME	"Web Archive"	VALUE NUMERIC	16
		NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)"	VALUE NUMERIC	33
		NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)"	VALUE NUMERIC	34
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  3. Locate the POLICY "Save Word files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .docx and .docm extensions: 
    NAME "Word 2007 document (*.docx)"	VALUE "Word12"
NAME "Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)"	VALUE "MEWord12"
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save Word files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options
	PART "Save Word files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME "Word document (*.doc)"	VALUE ""		DEFAULT
		NAME "XML (*.xml)"	VALUE "XML"
		NAME "Single Files Web Page (*.mht)"	VALUE "WebArchive"
		NAME "Web Page (*.htm; *.html)"		VALUE	"HTML"
		NAME "Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html)"	VALUE "ReducedHTML"
		NAME "Document Template (*.dot)" 		VALUE "Dot"
		NAME "Rich Text Format (*.rtf)"		VALUE "Rtf"
		NAME "Plain Text  (*.txt)"			VALUE "Text"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6Exp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6SCExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6TCExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6JExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord95KExp"
		NAME "Word 97-2002 & 6.0/95 - RTF" 	VALUE	"MSWord6RTFExp"
		NAME "Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw)"	VALUE	"MSWordMac51"
		NAME "Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)"	VALUE	"MSWordMac5"
		NAME "Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWordWin2"
		NAME "Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps)"	VALUE	"MSWorksWin4"
		NAME "WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc)"		VALUE	"WrdPrfctWin"
		NAME "WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc)"	VALUE	"WrdPrfctDos51"
		NAME "Word 2007 document (*.docx)"	VALUE "Word12"
		NAME "Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)"	VALUE "MEWord12"
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  4. Save the changes to the .adm policy file.
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Method 2: Office XP

  1. Locate the POLICY "Save Excel files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .xlsx, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, and .xlam extensions: 
    NAME	"Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 51
NAME	"Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)"	VALUE NUMERIC 50
NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 52
NAME	"Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 54
NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 53
NAME	"Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)"	VALUE NUMERIC 55
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save Excel files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options
	PART "Save Excel files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME	"Excel Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 4294963153 DEFAULT
		NAME	"Web Page (*.htm; *.html)"	VALUE NUMERIC 44
		NAME	"Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 39
		NAME	"Excel 97-2002 & 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 43
		NAME	"Excel 4.0 Workbook (*.xlw)"	VALUE NUMERIC 35
		NAME	"Excel 4.0 Worksheet (*.xls)"	VALUE NUMERIC 33
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 51
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)"	VALUE NUMERIC 50
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 52
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)"	VALUE NUMERIC 54
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)"	VALUE NUMERIC 53
		NAME	"Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)"	VALUE NUMERIC 55
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  2. Locate the POLICY "Save PowerPoint files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .pptx and .pptm extensions: 
    NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)"	VALUE NUMERIC	33
NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)"	VALUE NUMERIC	34
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save PowerPoint files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\PowerPoint\Options
	PART "Save PowerPoint files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME	"PowerPoint Presentation (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	0	DEFAULT
		NAME	"Web Page (*.htm; *.html)"	VALUE NUMERIC	13
		NAME	"PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	4
		NAME	"PowerPoint 97-2002 & 95 (*.ppt)"	VALUE NUMERIC	3
		NAME	"Web Archive"	VALUE NUMERIC	16
		NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)"	VALUE NUMERIC	33
		NAME	"PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)"	VALUE NUMERIC	34
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  3. Locate the POLICY "Save Word files as" section, and then add the following lines for the .docx and .docm extensions: 
    NAME "Word 2007 document (*.docx)"	VALUE "Word12"
NAME "Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)"	VALUE "MEWord12"
    When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: 
    POLICY "Save Word files as"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options
	PART "Save Word files as" DROPDOWNLIST
	VALUENAME DefaultFormat
	ITEMLIST
		NAME "Word document (*.doc)"	VALUE ""		DEFAULT
		NAME "Web Page (*.htm, *.html)"	VALUE "HTML"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6Exp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6SCExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6TCExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord6JExp"
		NAME "Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWord95KExp"
		NAME "Word 97-2002 & 6.0/95 - RTF" 	VALUE	"MSWord6RTFExp"
		NAME "Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw)"	VALUE	"MSWordMac51"
		NAME "Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)"	VALUE	"MSWordMac5"
		NAME "Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc)" 	VALUE	"MSWordWin2"
		NAME "Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps)"	VALUE	"MSWorksWin4"
		NAME "Works 3.0 for Windows (*.wps)"	VALUE	"MSWorksWin3"
		NAME "WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc)"		VALUE	"WrdPrfctWin"
		NAME "WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc)"	VALUE	"WrdPrfctDos51"
		NAME "Word 2007 document (*.docx)"	VALUE "Word12"
		NAME "Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)"	VALUE "MEWord12"
	END ITEMLIST
	NOSORT
	END PART
	END POLICY
  4. Save the changes to the .adm policy file.
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REFERENCES

For more information about the Microsoft Office policy template files (.adm files), visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites: For more information about how to manage users' configurations by policy for Office 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011402401033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011402401033.aspx)
For more information about system policies for Office XP, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011362591033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/orkXP/HA011362591033.aspx)
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
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